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-- THE ARCHIVE --

AUSTRALIA

Truth, Adelaide, 23 October 1954

Armed Thieves Ordered a Flogging

CONVICTED armed robbers Robert Edward Terry and Donald James Beaumont were ordered a flogging in the Adelaide Criminal Court this week.

Terry (34), laborer, of Welbourne St., Mitcham, and Beaumont (25), truck driver, of Grange Rd., Hindmarsh, were also sentenced to six years imprisonment on each of two charges of robbery under arms, to be served concurrently.

Faces Deportation

TERRY was convicted on charges of having robbed John Hyam Lipman, well known Adelaide dentist, and his wife of £141/10/- at their home at Walkerville on August 15.

Beaumont, who pleaded not guilty at first, changed his plea to guilty to the same charges on the first day of the trial.

In a plea for leniency, Mr. C. Villeneuve Smith (for Terry and Beaumont) said there had been no physical violence against the Lipmans.

He added that Beaumont, who was an Englishman, would be deported.

The two men stood tight-lipped and silent in the dock during the submissions which lasted nearly half an hour, and betrayed no sign of emotion when the judge ordered them 12 strokes of the lash.

Passing sentence, his Honor said: "I feel that this sort of conduct -- holding up people in their homes with a rifle -- cannot be tolerated, and I have always faced up to this fact.

"Anything which involves the violation of the home and terrorisation with a gun must be put down with rigor. I have a very strong feeling that this type of offence is tending to grow in Australia today.

"I want to make it quite clear that South Australia is not going to tolerate robbery under arms."